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LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, the driver accused of causing the fatal crash and fire on Interstate 70 in Lakewood last week, spoke out for the first time through Facebook. His wife, Nailan Gonzales, posted on Facebook Monday night. According to that post, Gonzales hasn’t gotten to visit her husband but did get to talk […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — If a highway fireball that kills four people, injures six and leaves 28 vehicles incinerated sounds like a multi-million dollar settlement,  guess again. The Lakewood Police Department says truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, who  faces four counts of vehicular homicide, is to blame for the deadly crash. However, suing his employer may barely […]

Four lives were ended last week when an out of control semi-truck barreled into traffic on Interstate 70. However, another life was also forever impacted. Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, 23, now sits in a jail cell, facing four counts of vehicular homicide. Aliet Diaz is one of Rogel’s best friends and her husband just returned home to […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — The trucking company that employed I-70 crash suspect Rogel Aguilera-Mederos has been cited 30 times for various safety violations in less than two years. Castellano 03 Trucking, based in  Houston, Texas, had ten violations related just to braking issues. Two of those brake relations violations were so serious the trucks were given […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — The four people who were killed in Thursday’s fiery crash on Interstate 70 were identified by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Sunday night. The victims were identified as four adult men from Colorado: Doyle Harrison, 61, of Hudson William Bailey, 67, of Arvada Miguel Angel Lamas Arellano, 24, of Denver Stanley […]

DENVER — Rogel Aguilera Mederos is still waiting to be charged after investigators say he caused a fiery wreck that left four dead and many more injured on I-70 on Thursday. He’s being held under $400,000 bond. “We believe there was some sort of malfunction,” said his attorney Robert Corry during a news conference outside […]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — The semitrailer driver suspected of causing the deadly crash and fire on Interstate 70 in Lakewood Thursday appeared before a judge Saturday afternoon. Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, 23, faces four counts of vehicular homicide, one for each person who was killed Thursday. He also faces two counts of vehicular assault. A judge […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — The driver of a semi-truck that caused a 28-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 on Thursday evening has been arrested on suspicion of multiple vehicular homicide charges, the Lakewood Police Department said Friday morning. The driver was identified as 23-year-old Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, from Houston. He was born in Cuba and was living […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Video appears to show a semitrailer driving out of control on Interstate 70 in the mountains ahead of a deadly 28-vehicle crash on Thursday evening. The video shows the truck swerving across multiple lanes of traffic along the interstate and driving past a runaway truck ramp. The Lakewood Police Department confirmed at […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Both directions of Interstate 70 have fully reopened following a fatal crash and fire near the Denver West exit in Lakewood. The westbound lanes reopened about 2 p.m. Friday The eastbound lanes opened about 8:15 p.m. Four people were killed in the crash, in which 28 vehicles were involved. At least six […]